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United Kingdom
About
Overview
Rachel is a research fellow working at the Centre for Food Policy on HEALTHEI: Health Economic Analysis Incorporating Effects on Labour outcomes, Households, Environment and Inequalities for Food Taxes. Along with her colleagues, her project investigates media portrayals of unhealthy food taxes in domestic news sources. The project is funded by the NIHR and is a collaborative research project between three universities, led by the University of Sheffield and including City, University of London.
In addition to her role as a research fellow, Rachel is a final year PhD student at the University of York working in the area of food system change in the UK. Her work includes:
- a longitudinal analysis of domestic policy documents in order to understand the impact of shock events on system change, if any
- qualitative research investigating evidence use practices by food system decision-makers
- document analysis of the (English) National Food Strategy and supplemental materials to explore the impact of normative values on food strategy development
Her research interests include food poverty and (in)security, system change, political economy, sustainable diets and interdisciplinary methodology.
Qualifications
- MSc Food Policy, City, University of London, United Kingdom, 2019
- BA Public Relations and sustainability, Northern Michigan University, United States, 2017
Employment
- Research Fellow, Center for Food Policy, Feb 2023 – present
Publications
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Conference papers and proceedings (2)
- Bonifant Cisneros, A., Headings, R., Wells, R., Reynolds, C., Vogel, C. and Breeze, P. (2023). Understanding the use of media analysis in public health research through food tax debates (HEALTHEI Project): a scoping review. UK Public Health Science Conference 24th November 2023. UK Public Health Science Conference 24 November, London, UK.
- Cisneros, A.B., Headings, R., Wells, R., Reynolds, C., Vogel, C. and Breeze, P. (2023). Understanding the use of media analysis in public health research through food tax debates (HEALTHEI Project): a scoping review. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(23)02060-3